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Methylprednisolone Stiffens Aortas in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Chronic Inflammation in Rats

INTRODUCTION: Glucocorticoids are commonly used as therapeutic agents in many acute and chronic inflammatory and auto-immune diseases. The current study investigated the effects of methylprednisolone (a synthetic glucocorticoid) on aortic distensibility and vascular resistance in lipopolysaccharide-...

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Autores principales: Ko, Ya-Hui, Tsai, Ming-Shian, Lee, Po-Huang, Liang, Jin-Tung, Chang, Kuo-Chu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069636